Sticky money writing (from an international financial company)
Original (written for the Web):
"XBRL - eXtensible Business Reporting Language - is an open, collaboratively developed business-reporting Internet-oriented standard that enables disparate software applications to cost-effectively and seamlessly share information. As such, XBRL provides an effective enabler for all organisations who produce and/or consume business information to meet the unique requirements of the IFRS transition by more effectively gathering, validating and managing information from across their existing and often diverse information system applications." (71 words)
Rewrite (23% shorter):
"XBRL - eXtensible Business Reporting Language - is a standard for business reporting on the internet. It has been developed by several organisations and will allow business information to be efficiently and cost-effectively shared. In particular, it will enable companies that are converting to IFRS to gather and manage information from different parts of their organisations." (55 words)